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Learn MorePosted Sunday, March 20, 2016
The Allen Memorial Art Museum has long been a venue for new work by contemporary artists, and indeed has collected works by living artists since opening in 1917. In 1951 director Charles Parkhurst launched the Three Young Americans series of exhibiti... Learn More
Posted Sunday, September 20, 2015
For the past few years, museum offerings have been loosely united under a theme: Religion, Ritual and Performance in 2012–13, Realism in 2013–14, and The Americas in 2014–15. We inaugurate the 2015–16 year with the theme of Th... Learn More
Posted Friday, May 22, 2015
As alumni and parents of graduating seniors converged on the Oberlin College campus in May of 2015, the AMAM happily mar... Learn More
Posted Friday, March 20, 2015
The Allen Memorial Art Museum is in the midst of a wide range of exciting projects that herald a positive and productive 2015. Our work to restore the beauty, and to enhance the usefulness, of the King Sculpture Court continues apace, with staff from... Learn More
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